ORDER :

NIRAL R. MEHTA, J

1. By way of this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has challenged the Tender Notice dated 18.7.2021 inviting, inter-alia, fresh applications for awarding transport contract by cancelling earlier tender process for same work and further sought direction upon the respondent authority to forthwith open the technical bid submitted in connection with the first Tender Notice dated 13.5.2021, in other words, to continue tender process initiated in connection with Tender Notice dated 13.05.2021.

2. The facts, according to the petitioner, giving rise to the present petition can be narrated, in nutshell, are as under :

2.1 The respondents had issued the Tender on 13.5.2021 inviting, inter-alia, applications for transportation of grain, sugar, edible oil, Daal and other essential articles (with labour) for all districts for the year 2021-2023. The entire process of tender was through On-line E-Tender process. The schedule for entire tender process was from 13.5.2021 i.e. the date of publication of notice, pre-bidding meeting date was fixed on 18.5.2021 and last date for document uploading was fixed at 24.5.2021 till 18.00 hours